Los Angeles:
US President Barack Obama has hailed Bruce Jenner's courage for revealing his female identity in the latest issue of Vanity Fair. President Obama posted on Twitter:
He added:
The former Olympian Bruce Jenner will now be known as Caitlyn. The 65-year-old reality TV star's new Twitter page, in the name of Caitlyn, beat POTUS' record for the fastest growing microblogging account of all time.
Within his first hour on the Twitter site, Jenner attracted 280,000 followers.